Sealing-wax holder or tool for holding sealing-wax



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E.R.MOORE. SEALING WAX HOLDER 0B. TOOL FOR HOLDING SEALING WAX. No. 536,222. Patented Mar. 26, 1895.

I *0 WITNESSES 5 IJV'VE'JVZ'OYJ UNITED STAT S PATENT OFFICE.

EDWIN R. MOORE, OF ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA.

SEALING-WAX HOLDER OR TOOL FOR HOLDlNG SEALING-WAX.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 536,222, dated March 26, 1895.

' Application filed September 6,1894. Serial No. 522,257- (No model.)

, act description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to an improvement in the use of sealing wax upon packages containing money or other valuables. The usual method of holding the end of the stick in a flame and then allowing the burning and dripping wax to fall upon the package or envelope frequently results in burning. the paper or ones fingers, and sometimes both; and in order to do properly what appears to be a very simple matter, requires considerable a top and side View of the holder.

practice and waste of material. I overcome all these objections bythe use of a tool to hold a bar of wax, so that any one, however unskillful,

may do the work neatly and quickly and make a safer package than in the ordinary way.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is Fig. 2 is a plan View showing a stick of wax in each end of the holder. Fig. 3 vis a partial section showing the holder composed of different ma terial.

A represents the holder, B the stick of wax, and Oindicates the concave end for pouring out the melted wax.

D indicates a part of the holder made of wood or other suitable non-conducting material. I make this holder of metal, (sheet brass being preferred) joined in the shape of along narrow box, open at the end, wide enough and sufficiently deep to receive a stick of sealing wax. One end of this box is made rounding or concave in form, or not unlike thebowl of a spoon. Heat being applied at this end ofthe holder (the wax having been first placed in position) a portion of the hard wax quickly softensand melts and is soon ready to be poured where required, and in the quantity desired. As the supply lessens, the stick or bar can be readily pushed along the box toward the open end.

If desired, each end'of the holder may be made rounding or concave, and two separate pieces of wax of dilferent colors may be used. I also can make the holder in two parts, one of metal for the melted wax and the other of wood or other suitable non-conducting material to be held by the hand, both being firmly attached together, yet forming one complete and new article of use. Y

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent in the United States,'is-

1. A long, narrow shaped box or case, open at the top and having rounded end or ends with concave depressions adapted to receive one or more pieces of sealing wax, as set forth.

2. A long, narrow shaped box or case, open EDWIN R. MOORE.

Witnesses:

CHAS. STIERLE, J. A, Boorn. 

